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Female Religious in Medieval Yorkshire

Centre for Medieval Studies, The University of York



10th May 2003, 10:00 - 17:00
The Kings Manor, York


Yorkshire is justly famous for its monastic ruins, but the best known sites are houses of monks or canons rather than of female religious. In addition, historians have traditionally devoted less attention to womens' houses than to those of men. This day school, which has attracted the leading researchers in the field, aims to present recent work on foundations for women, and will discuss their origins, history and governance, from before the Norman Conquest to the Reformation, as well as examining aspects of their buildings and sites.



10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:30 Northumbrian Monasteries Before the Conquest
Dr Sarah Foot [University of Sheffield]
11:30 Yorkshire Nunneries: The Era of Foundation
Dr Janet Burton [University of Wales, Lampeter]
11:40 Marrick Priory
Sarah Costley [Thirsk]
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Nun Appleton: A Vision Realised?
Marjorie Harrison [York]
14:15 Prioresses and Guardians: Power and Authority in Yorkshire Nunneries in the Later Middle Ages
Dr Janet Burton
15:00 Nunneries in Early Tudor Yorkshire
Professor Claire Cross [University of York]
15:45 Tea
16:15 The Planning of Yorkshire Nunneries: The Evidence of Early Sixteenth-Century Surveys
Dr Glyn Coppack [English Heritage]


Please note that there is no parking [except for the disabled] at the King's Manor; there are several public car parks nearby; the railway station is 10 minutes' walk away and is served by both buses and taxis.

Cost: £11, to include tea and coffee, but not lunch or £16 including lunch.
Prior booking is essential for catering purposes.

Please book through the YAS, Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9NZ
Tel: 0113 245 7901
Make Cheques payable to Yorkshire Archaeological Society


Last Updated on 10th December, 2002 by Sue Alexander